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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. , a supplier of advanced RF CMOS ICs, announced the opening of its third engineering design site, the New England Design Center (NEDC), adding technical resources to fuel the company’s high growth momentum. Based in Nashua, NH, a concentrated locality of RF, analog and mixed-signal expertise,...

WiQuest Communications Inc. , a fabless semiconductor company focused on the design and production of complete high performance, ultrawideband-based wireless silicon solutions, announced the closing of $18 M in Series B funding. This round of funding was led by new investor Sequoia Capital - the principal venture investor behind...

The IEEE International Symposium on EMC (EMC 2006) will be uniquely balanced, affording excellent resources for EMC, design and compliance engineers. The technical program will feature top quality papers, presented by recognized, industry-leading experts. Further, the EMC 2006 technical program will be on the cutting edge of EMC information,...

Modelithics Inc. has been contracted by MicroMetrics Inc. to create new non-linear models for its line of high performance limiter diodes, including the MP7100, 7110 and 7120 series. The models will be valid for large-signal design allowing designers to better understand the temperature and power dependency of the RF...

Laird Technologies , a designer and manufacturer of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials, thermal management products and wireless antenna solutions, announced it acquired all assets of RecepTec LLC and all outstanding shares of RecepTec GmbH for $89 M. The purchase broadens Laird Technologies' breadth of antenna products for telematics...

Romantics are drawn to Paris in the spring and so too was the RF and microwave community as the CNIT, International Conference and Exhibition Centre opened its doors to RF & HYPER Europe on March 21 to 23, 2006. At the heart of the event is an exhibition with...

Agilent Technologies is proud to offer two software packages to assist with those easy and hard-to-solve problems that occur on a daily basis. Come learn about the new release of Agilent Technologies Advanced Design System (ADS) 2005A, how you can use Eagleware GENESYS 2005 for RF System Architecture Design,...

TestMart , a marketplace operator and service provider for the test and measurement industry, announced an exclusive agreement with VXI Technology , a designer and manufacturer of high density modular test instruments and switching systems for both electrical and mechanical test applications. The deal provides the US government and...

Wenzel Associates Inc. , Austin, TX, announced that it has completed the purchase of substantially all the assets of Vectron International Ltd. 's crystal manufacturing operation in Whitby, Ontario, on March 15th, 2006, from Vectron International. Vectron International, headquartered in Hudson, NH, maintains operating facilities and sales offices in...

Micronetics Inc. announced that it received a follow-on order of over $1 M for microwave subsystems from a leading antenna manufacturer. The microwave subsystems are part of a fully integrated antenna system that receives airborne Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) television signals and distributes them to an on-board in-flight entertainment...